Engagement and Opportunities to Respond

Resource Guide

VDOE Resources: Opportunities to respond

Explicit Instruction with Anita L. Archer, Ph.D. - VDOE is presented by Anita Archer offers strategies teachers can use to increase student opportunities to respond related to increased academic achievement, increased on-task behavior, and decreased behavioral challenges.

IRIS Center on Classroom Design - Physical design can change an ordinary classroom into an engaging learning environment for students. The Iris Center provides resources on furniture arrangement, material design and placement, as well as creating a safer space for students.
IRIS Center for Differentiating Instruction - Differentiated Instruction: Maximizing the Learning of All Students and Universal Design for Learning: Creating a Learning Environment that Challenges and Engages All Students
The IRIS Center at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN is grant-funded through the Office of Special Education (OSEP). It offers a variety of resources on evidence-based practices for educators. Two modules from the IRIS Center have been highlighted here to support all students, especially those with disabilities.
Edutopia 60-Second Strategy videos to engage students in the classroom (type "60-second strategy" in the Search field).
Make Sense Strategies includes scientific research-based instructional procedures and resources designed for “watering up” the curriculum.

T/TAC W&M Website Resources

VDOE Resources

Enhanced Scope and Sequence (ESS) Lessons - The Virginia Department of Education offers Enhanced Scope and Sequence Lesson Plans to teachers in Math, English, Science, and History & Social Science that are searchable by SOL objective or keyword. The lessons are designed to be an instructional tool for teachers that includes strategies for differentiation to increase student success.

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